Culminating Assignment: Resume and Cover Letter Activity Name:
GLC2O
Due: Score ____/80 Marks
Description:
You will be creating a resume and cover letter you can use in applying for a job. Your resume- and cover
letter should be a polished, final product that you can take and use immediately for a job you would like to
apply for. In this assignment you will create a resume and cover letter for a job posting that you can apply for
today. Your resume and cover should be a factual reflection of your best self, in order to help you get an
interview.
Instructions:
1. Prepare a cover letter for an application.
2. Please create a resume for a job you are eligible to apply for. Be sure to include these key parts in
your resume:
a. Your contact information
b. Career objective
c. Skills and qualifications
d. Employment and volunteer experience
e. Education and training
3. Submit your cover letter and resume in the assignment dropbox.
Resume Evaluation Rubric
Success Criteria Level 4 (80-100%) Level 3 (70-79%) Level 2 (60-69%) Level 1(59% and
below)
Skills, Strategies,
● No spelling and ● No spelling or ● Some spelling or ● Spelling and
and Habits of
Success ___/20 grammar errors grammar errors grammar errors grammar errors
Your resume is ● Formatting, text ● Formatting, text ● Formatting, text ● Formatting, text
clear in
and spacing all and spacing and spacing and spacing do
communicating and
meet professional mostly meet partially meet not meet
makes a great first
standards professional professional professional
impression.
standards standards standards
Your resume shows ● All key parts of
you understand how your resume are ● Four key parts of ● 3 key parts of ● Less than 3 key
to properly create a present your resume are your resume are parts of your
resume and apply present present resume are
for a job. ● All key parts are
present
correctly ● Four key parts ● 3 key parts are
completed are correctly correctly ● Less than 3 key
completed completed parts are correctly
completed
Preparing for the
● Skills highlight ● Skills highlight ● Skills highlight ● Skills highlight
World of Work
___/20 many of your your strengths some of your few of your
Your resume shows strengths strengths strengths
● Experiences
that you have ● Experiences ● Experiences ● Experiences
make good
thought about your
make great connections to make fair make poor
skills and
connections to relevant skills connections to connections to
experience.
relevant skills relevant skills relevant skills
Your resume shows ● Skills reflect job
that you have ● Skills highly posting ● Skills somewhat ● Skills poorly
researched the job reflect job posting reflect job posting reflect job posting
you are applying ● Experience is
for. relevant to the job
● Experience is ● Experience is ● Experience is
highly relevant to somewhat barely relevant to
the job relevant to the job the job
/40
Cover Letter Evaluation Rubric
Criteria Level 1 (59% Level 2 (60- Level 3 (70- Level 4 (80%
and below) 69%) 79%) and above)
Knowledge/ All required All required All required All required
Understanding components components components components
are included, are included, are included are included,
but there are but there are and correct correct, and
major errors. some minor (opening, highly
errors. body polished.
paragraphs,
__/10 closing).
Thinking/Inquiry Limited Some Considerable Exceptional
consideration reference to reference to reference to
of learning learning from learning from learning from
from lesson. lesson. lesson. lesson.
___/10
Communication Numerous Several Use of Use of
serious errors minor errors conventions conventions
in use of in use of is correct is correct (i.e.,
conventions conventions (i.e., no no errors in
(e.g., (e.g., errors in spelling,
spelling, spelling, spelling, punctuation,
punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, capitalization)
capitalization) capitalization) capitalization) .
and/or and/or OR doesn’t
organization. organization. interfere
when
scanning
___10 resume.
Application Content, Content, Content, Content,
format, and format, and format, and format, and
language are language are language are language are
not adapted somewhat well adapted perfectly
to specific adapted to to specific adapted to
purpose and specific purpose and specific
audience. purpose and audience. purpose and
___/10 audience. audience.
/40
